Where does “colonialistic” come from?
colonialistic (English) comes from English colonialist, from French colonialiste, from French colonial, from French colonie, from Middle French colonie, from Latin colōnia, from Latin colōnus, from Latin colō — to turn.
colonialistic (English): Of or pertaining to colonialism
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to colonialism
Ancestry of “colonialistic”, step by step
colonialistic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English colonialist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | colonialist | Of or pertaining to colonialism; An advocate of... |
| 2 | French | colonialiste | colonialist |
| 3 | French | colonial | colonial; a colonial, a resident of a colony; a... |
| 4 | French | colonie | colony |
| 5 | Middle French | colonie | colony |
| 6 | Latin | colōnia | A colony, settlement |
| 7 | Latin | colōnus | farmer, especially a kind of tenant farmer or sharecropper; husbandman; tiller of the soil |
| 8 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via English ic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ic | related or pertaining to; having the character of |